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Digital clubbing in tuberculosis – relationship to HIV infection, extent of disease and hypoalbuminemia

BACKGROUND: Digital clubbing is a sign of chest disease known since the time of Hippocrates. Its association with tuberculosis (TB) has not been well studied, particularly in Africa where TB is common. The prevalence of clubbing in patients with pulmonary TB and its association with Human Immunodefi...

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Autores principales: Ddungu, Henry, Johnson, John L, Smieja, Marek, Mayanja-Kizza, Harriet
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2006
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1462994/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16529654
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-6-45